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Passage: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1), Senator ...........;
4 Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
SR3,13,6
6An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,87
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1: Ayes (5), Senators ............ , ............ , ............
8, ............ , ............ ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,109
Passage as amended: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ;
10Noes (1), Senator ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,1111
Senate Bill 28
SR3,13,12
12An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,1413
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1: Ayes (3), Senators ............ ,
14............ , ............ ; Noes (2), Senators ............ , ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,1715
Passage as amended: Ayes (2), Senators ............ , ............ ; Noes (2), Senators
16............ , ............ ; Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ . Reported without
17recommendation.
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Senate Bill 30
SR3,13,19
19An Act (relating clause)
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Indefinite postponement: Ayes (5), Senators ........... , .......... , .......... , ..........,
21.......... ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
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Senate Bill ............ (LRB- ............... / .....)
SR3,13,23
23An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,2524
Introduction: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1),
25Senator ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
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1Assembly Bill 32
SR3,14,2
2An Act (relating clause)
SR3,14,43
Concurrence: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (0);
4Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
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Assembly Bill 34
SR3,14,6
6An Act (relating clause)
SR3,14,87
Nonconcurrence: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (0); Absent
8or not voting (2), Senators ............ and ............ .
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9Senate Resolution 10
SR3,14,10
10A resolution relating to, etc.
SR3,14,12
11Adoption: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1), Senator
12...........; Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
SR3,14,13
13Senate Joint Resolution 50
SR3,14,14
14A joint resolution relating to, etc.
SR3,14,16
15Indefinite postponement: Ayes (5), Senators ........... , .......... , .......... , ..........,
16.......... ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
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................................. Chairperson
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(3) Any amendment or substitute amendment, recommended by the committee
19for rejection,
shall may not be reported to the senate. Any such amendment may,
20upon motion
and a majority vote, be revived
by the vote of the majority of the current
21membership while the proposal is still in the amendable stage.
SR3,14,2422
(4)
(a) A committee may report out a proposal or appointment without
23recommendation only if the vote is tied. The committee report shall indicate the
24actual numerical vote on the motion on which the recommendation is based.
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1(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the chief clerk shall record in the journal that a
2bill proposal is reported without recommendation whenever the
bill proposal is
3withdrawn from committee under rule 18 or 41 (1) (d).
SR3, s. 23
4Section
23. Senate rule 28 is amended to read:
SR3,15,9
5Senate Rule 28.
Minority reports. Any member or members dissenting from
6a report of a committee may make a separate report stating the reasons and
7conclusions; and all reports, if decorous in language and respectful to the senate,
8shall be entered at length on the journal. Any minority report
shall must be filed on
9the same or the next legislative day as the majority report or recommendation.
SR3, s. 24
10Section
24. Senate rule 29 is amended to read:
SR3,15,14
11Senate Rule 29.
Copies of proposals.
Copies of all proposals The primary
12author of a proposal to be introduced or offered shall
be presented by the primary
13author present copies of it to the chief clerk, enclosed in a jacket envelope as provided
14in rule 30.
SR3, s. 25
15Section
25. Senate rule 30 (title), (1) and (3) (a) are amended to read:
SR3,15,21
16Senate Rule 30 (title)
Filing of bills, etc. proposals. (1) The legislative
17reference bureau shall provide jacket envelopes of a suitable size to hold
any a 18proposal and the papers pertaining thereto, respectively, without folding or rolling.
19The clerk
shall may not file any paper for any purpose, the cover of which has been
20either folded or rolled. The jacket envelopes
shall
must be
distinguished 21distinguishable from those of the assembly by color.
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(3) (a) The
actual date of each public hearing on the proposal.
SR3, s. 26
23Section
26. Senate rule 31 (title), (1) and (2) are amended to read:
SR3,16,3
24Senate Rule 31 (title)
Clerical corrections to bills proposals. (1) Minor 25The chief clerk shall correct minor clerical errors in any proposal, such as errors in
1orthography or grammar, or the use of one word for another, such as "affect" for
2"effect," wrong numbering or references, whether the errors occur in the original
bill 3proposal or in any amendment thereto
, shall be corrected by the chief clerk.
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(2) The chief clerk shall insert the enacting or usual enabling clause in any
bill 5proposal before its passage
or adoption if the same has been omitted. When
6necessary, the chief clerk shall correct the title of any bill so that the title
will show 7shows the sections affected, the subject to which the bill relates, and the making of
8an appropriation, if such is made by the bill.
SR3, s. 27
9Section
27. Senate rule 32 is amended to read:
SR3,16,18
10Senate Rule 32.
Reference to proposals and other matters. (1) When first
11considered and thereafter each time that a proposal is considered after business
12relating to another subject has intervened, it shall be identified in the journal by
13number and relating clause. Thereafter all reference to
any the proposal or petition
14either in the journal
, or
in messages
shall must be by number only, except in the
15journal where the ayes and noes are entered. The chief clerk shall read the relating
16clauses except when the senate directs otherwise, except that in messages of
17approval of bills by the governor the chief clerk shall read the bill number only unless
18a member requests the relating clause to be read.
SR3,16,2319
(2) No later than one-half hour following the adjournment of each
day's session 20legislative day, members may submit to the chief clerk in writing a listing of visitors
21from their districts who witnessed a part of the day's
session meeting. The list,
22together with the record of the guests introduced on that
legislative day under rule
2317 (4), shall be entered at the end of the day's journal.
SR3, s. 28
24Section
28. Senate rule 33 is amended to read:
SR3,17,8
1Senate Rule 33.
Introduction or offering of new proposals;
2admissibility of identical proposals; admissibility of resolutions in special
3session. (1)
Any A member may introduce or offer new proposals in accordance with
4rule 46 (1). Before
introducing or offering a member introduces or offers a new
5proposal to the senate,
the member shall cause the legislative reference bureau
to 6shall prepare the proposal in the proper form, and with the requisite number of
7copies for introduction or offering. A proposal may not be received if it contains
8handwritten changes in the copies prepared by the legislative reference bureau.
SR3,17,129
(2) A proposal identical with one already rejected may not be introduced or
10offered. However, an assembly bill or joint resolution that is identical to a senate bill
11or joint resolution previously rejected by the senate or any bill repealing a former act
12of the same
biennial session may be introduced
or offered.
SR3,17,1813
(3) Resolutions offering commendations, congratulations, or condolences,
14memorializing congress or an individual, or affecting senate or legislative rules or
15procedures proceedings are declared not to be within the meaning of the term
16"business" under the constitutional provision limiting the matters to be considered
17during special sessions to those enumerated in the governor's call for a special
18session.
SR3, s. 29
19Section
29. Senate rule 33 (3) is renumbered senate rule 93 (1d).
SR3, s. 30
20Section
30. Senate rule 34 (1) and (4) are amended to read:
SR3,17,23
21Senate Rule 34
(1) All bills and joint resolutions, and all resolutions except
22those privileged for immediate consideration under rule 69,
shall, after being
23distributed,
must lay over one day before being considered.
SR3,18,724
(4)
Any proposal for a certificate A proposed citation under joint rule 7 shall,
25when received by the senate and whether originating in this house or in the
1assembly, be laid aside to allow time to examine the
proposal proposed citation for
2its
appropriateness under compliance with joint rule 7 (1)
, (1m), and (2). Upon
3approval by the president and the chief clerk, the
proposals citations are
deemed 4considered approved by the senate and shall be so recorded in the journal. If the
5president or chief clerk refuses to approve a
proposal for a certificate proposed
6citation, the committee on senate organization may require the president and chief
7clerk to approve it. A written committee report is not necessary.
SR3, s. 31
8Section
31. Senate rule 35 is amended to read:
SR3,18,12
9Senate Rule 35.
Three separate readings. Every bill, and every joint
10resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution,
shall must receive 3
11separate readings by relating clause
previous prior to its passage except where
12otherwise provided, but
shall may not receive 2 readings on the same day.
SR3, s. 32
13Section
32. Senate rule 36 (1), (1m) and (2) are amended to read:
SR3,18,19
14Senate Rule 36
(1) On the first reading, every bill requiring 3 readings under
15rule 35 and all resolutions not privileged by rule 69 shall be referred to the
16appropriate committee. The
president shall determine the appropriate committee
17shall be determined by the president under rule 46 and
shall be announced by the
18chief clerk
shall announce referral under the proper order of business. This rule
19applies to proposals originating in either house.
SR3,19,220
(1m)
(a) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating
21clause of proposals
introduced or offered
for introduction together with the
22president's referral, has been provided to the members
prior to before the 2nd order
23of business,
such the provision
shall serve serves as the first reading and the
24announcement of the referral of
such the proposals, and the content of the report
25shall be entered in the daily journal under the appropriate order of business.
1Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy
2section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.
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(b) Whenever
the introduction and referral of a senate proposal
is introduced
4or offered and referred or
the receipt and referral of an assembly proposal
occurs is
5received and referred on a day on which the senate does not meet, the chief
clerk shall
6record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the proposal and such
7recording shall constitute clerk's act of recording the proposal in the journal under
8rule 46 (1) (b) constitutes the proposal's first reading.
SR3,19,139
(2)
(a) All bills introduced in the senate which by
any statute require reference
10in the senate to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading and
11all assembly bills when received from the assembly shall be so referred upon first
12reading except where the assembly record on the bill discloses that the statutory
13requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the assembly.
SR3,19,1614
(b) Only one such reference is required under this rule and the adoption of an
15amendment does not require rereference, but
such rereference may be ordered by the
16senate at any time before passage or concurrence.
SR3,19,2317
(c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the president may refer
any a bill that pertains
18only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee directly to the
19committee appropriate to the major substance of that bill, and in that case shall
20direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the bill while
21that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not suspend the
22requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee must be
23received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.
SR3, s. 33
24Section
33. Senate rule 37 (2) and (3) are amended to read:
SR3,20,2
1Senate Rule 37 (2) All amendments to
the bill a proposal shall be retained in
2the original
bill jacket
for the proposal.
SR3,20,53
(3) Amendments to a substitute
amendment already adopted are in order
4before the bill or resolution is ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time without
5reconsideration of the adoption of the substitute
amendment.
SR3, s. 34
6Section
34. Senate rule 38 is amended to read:
SR3,20,13
7Senate Rule 38.
Third reading; question. (1) Upon the 3rd reading of the
8bill the question is
stated thus: "This bill having been read 3 separate times, the
9question is, "Shall the bill pass' or "Shall the bill be concurred in'," as the case may
10be, or other appropriate language may be used. A proposal on the calendar for 3rd
11reading is not subject to amendment but it may, on motion or by unanimous consent
, 12be referred back to 2nd reading for the consideration of proposed amendments.
Such
13a The motion requires a majority vote and is debatable.
SR3,20,1814
(2) The position of a proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading is subject to
15removal from that position if
such the removal is necessitated by a motion for
16reconsideration that is pending or decided under rule 67, but if the motion is
17negatively decided before the proposal is reached for consideration under that order,
18the position of the proposal under the order remains unchanged.
SR3, s. 35
19Section
35. Senate rule 40 is amended to read:
SR3,21,2
20Senate Rule 40.
Bill Proposal amended on 3rd reading to be
21reengrossed. If a senate proposal ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time is
22amended or otherwise changed it shall be reengrossed before being read a 3rd time.
23Any senate proposal that passed the senate with amendments shall be engrossed
24under the supervision of the chief clerk before being messaged to the assembly.
1However, if the amendment is an unamended substitute
amendment, the original
2substitute
amendment is the bill.
SR3, s. 36
3Section
36. Senate rule 41 (1) (a) to (d) and (2) are amended to read:
SR3,21,9
4Senate Rule 41
(1) (a)
Any A proposal or other matter may be rereferred at any
5time
previous prior to its passage, except that a motion to withdraw from committee
6may not take effect
before a during the 7 days preceding any scheduled committee
7hearing
if a hearing has been scheduled when the motion to withdraw is made during
8the week in which the proposal or other matter is scheduled for a public hearing or
9the 7 days following the date on which a committee hearing is held.
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(b) A motion to rerefer or withdraw is in order, but the question is divisible, and
11the senate having once refused to rerefer or withdraw a proposal or other matter from
12committee, any subsequent motion to rerefer or withdraw
shall require requires a
13suspension of the rules.
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(c) A motion to withdraw a matter from the committee on senate organization
15shall, if approved,
place places the matter on the calendar. A motion to withdraw a
16matter from any other committee
shall, if approved,
place places the matter in the
17committee on senate organization unless the senate rerefers the matter to a different
18committee.
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(d) Whenever a bill is introduced in the senate or assembly under section 227.19
20(5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes, the bill is considered reported without
21recommendation and shall be placed before the committee on senate organization if
22a report is not received from the standing committee within 30 days after the date
23of referral. This paragraph does not apply if the bill is introduced within 30 days
24after the time at which further proposals may not be introduced
or offered in the
25regular biennial session under joint rule 83 (2).
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1(2) Reference to committee is not in order after a proposal
has been is passed
2or indefinitely postponed or finally disposed of by any action equivalent thereto.
3Questions of reconsideration, concurrence in amendments of the
other house 4assembly, conference committee reports, or executive vetoes may be placed on the
5table, but
shall may not be referred to committee.
SR3, s. 37
6Section
37. Senate rule 42 is amended to read:
SR3,22,15
7Senate Rule 42.
Messaging to the assembly; proposals held during
8reconsideration period. (1) Every bill or joint resolution upon which such action
9has been taken that it is next to be messaged to the assembly shall be so messaged
10by the chief clerk, but shall be held in the chief clerk's office until the time for
11reconsideration of the bill or joint resolution has expired. If the rules have been
12suspended for immediate messaging, the chief clerk shall enter the action in the
13history file for the bill or joint resolution. Every privileged joint resolution
shall be 14is messaged immediately
without a suspension of the rules unless it is otherwise
15ordered by the senate.
SR3,22,2016
(2) A bill or joint resolution that has been ordered immediately messaged to the
17assembly by the suspension of this rule is subject to further action by the senate while
18the bill or joint resolution is in
actual physical possession of the senate. The further
19action is contingent upon a motion to rescind the action of ordering its immediate
20messaging being decided by a two-thirds vote.
SR3, s. 38
21Section
38. Senate rule 45 is amended to read:
SR3,23,2
22Senate Rule 45.
Offering of privileged resolution. Any A resolution
23privileged by rule 69 shall, when sent to the clerk's desk, be read at length by the chief
24clerk, but may be read by its relating clause if copies of the text have been distributed
1to the members. When so read, the privileged resolution is
considered to be before
2the senate.
SR3, s. 39
3Section
39. Senate rule 46 (1) is renumbered senate rule 46 (1) (a) and
4amended to read:
SR3,23,11
5Senate Rule 46
(1) (a) Proposals, amendments, petitions, reports,
6communications, or other documents that may properly come before the senate shall
7be presented by a member thereof to the chief clerk, or a staff member designated by
8the chief clerk, at anytime
, except as otherwise provided in senate rule 93 (1p) and
9joint rule 83 (2). A brief statement of the contents thereof
shall must appear thereon,
10together with the name of the members introducing or offering the same. If a
11document is to be reproduced, the chief clerk shall number the document.
SR3, s. 40
12Section
40. Senate rule 46 (1) (b) is created to read:
SR3,23,17
13Senate Rule 46 (1) (b) The chief clerk shall announce each document
14introduced or offered under par. (a), and each proposal received from the assembly,
15on the next session day under the appropriate order of business. The document or
16proposal shall be recorded in the first journal published after the document or
17proposal is received by the chief clerk.
SR3, s. 41
18Section
41. Senate rule 46 (2) is amended to read:
SR3,23,22
19Senate Rule 46 (2)
(a) The chief clerk shall advise the president of documents
20that must be referred under the rules and the president shall promptly refer the
21document to the appropriate committee.
The chief clerk shall announce the referral
22on the next session day upon reaching the appropriate order of business.
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(b) Within 3 working days after the time of initial referral by the president
24under rule 4
(10) (2), a proposed rule may, with consent of the chairperson of the
25standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is
1referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action does not extend
2the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made at any time.
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(c) Within 5 working days after the time of initial referral by the president
4under rule 36 (2),
any a proposal or appointment may, with the consent of the
5chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee
6to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Rereferral
7under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section
813.093 (1) of the statutes.